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  1. Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...

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  2. Taped statement of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    Speech

    Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker) Viraj Mendis, who has been living illegally in the UK, claims that he will be killed if he sets foot in his homeland. Before he left Pentonville Prison for Gatwick Airport...

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  3. Durban Six in British embassy (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with John Hedley at the British embassy in Pretoria on the protest to the South African Government over the Durban Six situation (United Democratic Front members previously detained without trial...

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  4. Asylum ruling overturned (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Legal affairs correspondent Tim Crook reports on a Court of Appeal decision reversing the earlier High Court decision which found the Home Office was acting unlawfully by detaining people who claimed...

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  5. Protesters out in force as police storm church to seize asylum seeker (1989)

    Genre
    Interview; Music; News report

    The arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis has provoked a political storm. Earlier today the thirty-two year-old communist and Tamil separatist was forcibly seized and removed from the...

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  6. Viraj Medis seized from church - Home Office responds (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    After the outcry over today’s seizing of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, Home Office Minister Tim Renton defends the actions of police in arresting him. Renton says that Mendis had...

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  7. Labour Party envoy travels to South Africa (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the controversy caused in South Africa by the British Government meeting President P.W. Botha’s government, but refusing to meet with members of the United Democratic Front over dissidents...

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  8. New immigration proposals (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Parliamentary debate

    The government has announced proposals for tough new measures to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into Britain as 50,000 asylum seekers applications remain outstanding, with the number rising every...

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  9. Mark Brown on the plight of Viraj Mendis (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Music

    The argument against deportation put forward by Viraj Mendis, a Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) living illegally in the UK, is based on the recent rise of a Sinhalese terror group, the Janatha Vimukthi...

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio

  10. Police defend Viraj Mendis arrest (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, David Phillips defends his officers’ actions during the arrest of Sri Lankan (failed asylum seeker?) Viraj Mendis, who was seized in a church and is...

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